This blog
published a post ten days ago discussing how anti-piracy measures that modern legal system provides may not be sufficient to prevent piracy. A 3 days old
news digest published on LinkedIn again raises the issue of piracy faced by Australian film production industry. The news digest cited
The Sydney Morning Herald article which also reported research by Deloitte indicating decreasing profits or increasing losses in Australian production companies.
The news digest raises 2 points that need further reflection and contemplation;
1) Actual versus perceived loss of revenue:
Each illegal download or illegal streaming of a film by an individual or an entity is regarded as loss of revenue by the content producers. If the illegal download or streaming was not available to that individual or the entity then the individual or entity might not necessarily seek legal avenues to watch the film that would compensate the content producers. Hence the loss of revenue is not an actual loss of reve…
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